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Parmesan Crusted Edamame

Late Friday night, when dinner was a faded memory, I found myself two and a half gin & tonics deep, watching It’s Complicated on the couch. Watching It’s Complicated (which I suppose I have done more times than I realize most of you probably have) always makes me crave a hot, flaky, gooey chocolate croissant. Much to my chagrin, I am not, in fact, Meryl Streep as Jane Adler, and thus do not own a fancy-pants bakery in which to procure such fresh, delicious pastry treats. As it turns out, I didn’t even have any chocolate in the house. Not even one of those fun-sized bags of m&ms I like to keep around in case of emergencies.

This post is really starting off on the wrong foot. I was craving a chocolate croissant and so I made some edamame. Does that even make sense? Well, edamame has a sort of sweetness to it, and when covered in a spice rack full of goodness and smothered in cheese, it’s a legit snack. Plus, the odds of fulfilling my chocolate croissant fantasy were less than or equal to zero, and it would probably taste disgusting with gin anyway. (Ha!)

Anyway, I made this sort of health-conscious midnight snack, and it was so good that I need to share it.

Ingredients:

1 bag of frozen shelled edamame

1 Tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese*

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp nutritional yeast**

1/4 tsp cayenne powder

sea salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Let the edamame thaw on the countertop. Blot it with paper towels or an adorable tea towel if it gets watery.